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SUMMARY:Follow the French Tour
DESCRIPTION:Visit three historic Revolutionary War sites in Westchester\, where French troops camped during the final year of the war.\nListen to the FREE AUDIO TOUR about the crucial French alliance with General George Washington and the Continental Army.\nCome learn about the French role in winning our war for independence\, see their encampment sites\, visit a historic tavern\, meet Generals Rochambeau and Washington\, tour a pop-up museum\, and pet animals from the colonial period.\nThis free family-friendly event will take place Saturday\, May 20\, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.\nEach location will have family activities.\n\nFREE AUDIO TOUR!\nDownload the free TravelStorys Follow the French audio tour and learn about the sites as you drive to each location. The audio launches automatically—hands-free—as you approach each site\, without the need for cell service or Wi-Fi. You can also listen to the tour at home. Click here to download it. (The tour will be available long after the event for tourists and history lovers to use.) \nTOUR SITE LOCATIONS\nAudio tour works best in this order. \nSmith’s Tavern Educational Complex\n440 Bedford Road\, Armonk\, NY\nSmith’s volunteers\, in period costume\, will welcome you with lots of fun for the whole family. There will be an optional self-guided tour of four ancient buildings: Historic Smith Tavern (a National Register of Historic Places site)\, a 1798 Quaker Meeting House\, Brundage Blacksmith Shop and East Middle Patent One-Room School. Here you can see the correspondence between Washington\, Rochambeau and Lauzun\, pretend you are a soldier of Lauzun’s Legion or stand with Rochambeau. Learn about the Daughters of the American Revolution and all it does to promote American history. \nOdell House Rochambeau Headquarters\n425 Ridge Road\, Hartsdale\, NY\nSee artifacts from the museum-in-the-making\, meet General Rochambeau and many of the camp followers. Costumed volunteers will offer children’s activities\, a selfie booth and teach you how to make a model of Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters. Learn about the nearby encampment of the French and American armies\, the crucial decision that was made at the house by Washington and Rochambeau and the ongoing restoration of this National Register of Historic Places site. \nRochambeau Park/Yorktown Grange Fair Grounds\n99 Moseman Road\, Yorktown Heights\, NY\nMeet French\, Continental and British forces in uniform performing drills and firing muskets\, participate in an encampment setup (for both adults and kids)\, learn to use a model musket\, greet reenactors in period dress\, and see farm animals from the period. \nTour organized by the Friends of Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters\, in collaboration with the North Castle Historical Society and the Yorktown Heritage Preservation Commission. Funding for TravelStorys audio tour provided by the Scarsdale Historical Society.
URL:https://www.hudsonriver.com/hhrt/event/follow-the-french-tour/
LOCATION:Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters\, 425 Ridge Road\, Hartsdale\, NY\, 10520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children,Educational,Family Fun,Family-Friendly,Free-Admission,Historic House Tour,History,Tours,Walks and Tours
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